Capitalism – Red Letter Christians

Poverty: Jesus, Jubilee, and Reparations

September 25, 2020

God clearly was not concerned with capitalist sensibilities. God’s sense of justice was not constrained by the laws of the free market or Friedman’s shareholder theory. What is fair and right and just in God’s eyes is for no one to live in poverty

Trusting Systems With the Irreversible Power of Death

Shane Claiborne

June 3, 2020

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

One can only hope that executing people is one of the things we don’t want to return to.

Individualism and Selfishness Aren’t ‘Human Nature.’ Cooperation Is.

Rebekah Devine

March 30, 2020

General, Interfaith, Theology

Humans are not doomed to failure and we can do better. History says we can.

Burning Down the House

Mick Pope

January 10, 2020

Creation & Environment, Global, Practical Justice, Theology, Women

We need to burn down oligarchy, and idols of power and control.

Facing the Church’s Complicity in Racism

Lee Ann Pomrenke

July 19, 2019

Books, Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

Personal relationships with a “Black friend” are not enough to stop or to divert systemic racism and our complicity in it.

Cowboys and Indians: Dismantling the Western, Settler-Colonial Worldview (PART IV)

Randy Woodley

April 26, 2019

Creation & Environment, General, Theology

Time for restoring our place on earth is running out.

Is It Our Homes or Hearts That Need Tidying Up?

Nicole Walters

January 23, 2019

Family and Parenting, Global, Practical Justice

Whether we fill a home with stuff or give it all away, if our focus is still on us, we are just tidying up.

Day Laborers of the Bible

Cory Driver

December 1, 2017

Global, Immigration & Refugees, Practical Justice, Theology

Their full humanity, dignity, and willingness to work must have stung them every morning as they watched those who were stronger walking to their gainful employment while the human leftovers stayed in the market, kept there only by vain hope.

The Truth About Debt

Angela Denker

September 15, 2017

Family and Parenting, General, Theology

When we believe ourselves to be debt free, we forget forever the debt we owe to Jesus. We forget that all we have we owe to God, that nothing is ours in perpetuity except for our lives.